Beaverquest

Stuart, am from Abz too - walking home pished in Calgary for most folk here is unheard of (unless you live in the core) in fact walking practically anywhere is alien to a lot of people, as is using transit - even bar hopping by foot (pub crawl) is not really that normal here compared to a night out on union street, social wise be prepared for some major changes
- we have a neighbourhood bar we can walk too (15mins) it's pretty much a last resort though - think duelling banjos with vlts

Piff Poff

Thanks for the advice - This is Henry's 3rd winter and we tend to go by what he wants. He is a Chow Chow and Chows' love the cold far more than the heat. He is also not a 'licker' so much (other than the laminate floor) and not many people use salt around here. I have bought him some boots this year and he has beein getting marble sized ice blocks in between his toes, unfortunately they have already busted so I have to take them back and try a different sort with him. Here are a couple of picks of him. The one where he is laying in the snow, was after yesterday's walk - he refused to come inside as he wanted to cool down

P.S. for those of you that have short haired dog a coat is needed to protect the internal organs as much as anything else.

fledermaus

You walk home pissed and fall over, there's a good chance you will freeze to the ground. Skin and all.

dbd33

A regular at a bar I used to frequent slipped and fell, pissed, on the path to his apartment building, no more than 30' from the door. No one happened along until several hours later. He lost two fingers and a chunk of a third to frostbite. He was a journalist, what he is now I don't know.

Souvenir

It's only a bloody car. OK, it's fugly, but look at some facts. In the eight years we've had it, the thing has done lots of miles. It has towed trailers over long distances. It has carried all manner of building materials (we use it like an F150). It has never broken down or failed to start. It was cheap.

As for totally gutless, we have documentary proof to the contrary, supplied by various members of the OPP.

fledermaus

Yep, its scary. I know of someone who fell in the road, fortunately not the main highway. Her face froze to the tarmac.

There's a local court case going on right now about a woman who went into the bush, got frostbite, lost both legs and all fingers. Some say she was drunk, she says she wasn't and the roads weren't addequately signposted, hence the civil case.

bodgerx

Sorry came on a bit strong there. I was just annoyed at paying money to rent it, and I was trying to discourage anyone contemplating buying one.

Souvenir

Talk about tempting fate. Bloody thing didn't start this morning.

bodgerx